Huge donkey ears on elves, halflings, etc...

[s/LaSH]

The big ears are visually eminent, and as certain manga and anime seem to draw from a rigid lexicon of nigh-hieroglyphic symbology, it's useful. For my part, when preparing Dungeon Damage, I decided that long ears were very expressive - I lived with a dog and three cats, and their ears are vitally expressive. So I had a reason to emulate the long-eared visuals, and put a lot of detail into them (you may notice that right from the start, the ears of tritons and elves are slightly different in their lobe structure and integration into the zygomatic arch).

 

[Kathaer]

Claudio Pozas!

Lodoss War seems the origin of long-eared elves.

For those not in the know, it started as an anime mini-series that adapted to the screen the D&D campaign of the anime's creator. In the opening credits they reference (as in steal 80% of it) Clyde Caldwells painting of Laurana being brought before Talhishis in Dragonlance.

The original series (IIRC, 6-part) was very good, though.

CLAUDIO! THAT's YOU! ..

Oh my god.. i love ur art! i use your pc chars draws to create my own pcs!!! (composing them ... )

 

[Klaus]

Thanks! Glad you liked them!

Game On!

 

[Kathaer]

Thanks! Glad you liked them!

Game On!

I DARE TO TALK TO U SINCE 2002!... mind about this! I NEEDED TO GREET!.. KEEL TARQHAM EXISTS THAT WAY ONLY BECAUSE U DREW YOUR CHARACTERS THAT WAY!!!

 

[Kilmore]

I had the opportunity to see Lodoss War creator Ryu Mizuno speak in Anime Central in Chicago a few years ago, and he explained that the character designer for the Lodoss anime was actually a designer of Gundams and other mecha most of the time, and the elf ears were influenced by the antennae the mecha have on their heads.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Four words: Record of Lodoss War

Great series I thorouhly enjoy the Complete Series DVDs.

 

[Kathaer]

Unbelievably MAD! ^_^

 

[frankthedm]

The huge ears?

handholds

 

[Filby]

Lodoss War seems the origin of long-eared elves.

For those not in the know, it started as an anime mini-series that adapted to the screen the D&D campaign of the anime's creator. In the opening credits they reference (as in steal 80% of it) Clyde Caldwells painting of Laurana being brought before Talhishis in Dragonlance.

The original series (IIRC, 6-part) was very good, though.

12-part, actually. It was based on a series of novels (still ongoing, from what I understand) by Ryo Mizuno, which was, yep, based on his D&D campaign.

I love Record of Lodoss War -- I've started watching re-runs of it on Comcast On Demand, and I've totally fallen in love with it. There was also a TV series that takes place five years later, which I've also been watching; it's not quite as great as the original video animation, but still highly entertaining in my opinion.